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... village. Rainy day so we enjoyed our picnic over a cup of cider in a small pub. Next we were off to visit the castle of Chateau de la Hunaudaye , It was an incredible site in woods to explore? . Tonight finds us in Dinan at Le Challonge hotel ...

... a show for French travel television. They and the crew just ignored us. The highlight of the trip was paddling beneath the Chenonceau chateau which we had visited earlier in the week. It was even more spectacular from the water. The last part of the ...

... on top of the walls. It was about two miles around and it rained/snowed/misted the entire time. When we got to the chateau we found it closed until 1:30. At one point we could see the valley of the Rance River. There is a ...

... a real sausage. Had traditional cidre. Hard cider served in a small
bowl. Very tasty.
Got back to the chateau to find the windows open, the fresh air
great but several very large mosquitos hanging out on our ...

Had late breakfast at hotel - did Chateau Chenonceau and done by 12:40 - another very nice stop and not to be missed. We bought lunch stuff in Chenonceau village and stopped just outside Fontenay - what a beautiful place. Through Veretz and ...

... We did an almost-complete loop around the almost-complete ramparts. Unfortunately you could only walk on top for a short while. There was a "chateau", but it was really just a big tower in one corner of the ramparts. But on the other end of the ramparts ...